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Tom Priddy writes about photography from the viewpoint of a baseball fanatic

Starting pitcher Anderson Espinoza (39) of the Greenville Drive warms up before his Class A debut in a game against the Savannah Sand Gnats on Saturday, September 5, 2015, at Fluor Field at the West End in Greenville, South Carolina. Espinoza is a 17-year-old from Venezuela. (Tom Priddy/Four Seam Images) Espinoza was pulled from his Class A debut with one out in the fourth inning on Saturday after allowing three runs on four hits. He walked two and struck out… Read More »

Pitcher Michael Kopech (34) of the Greenville Drive warms up before a game against the Savannah Sand Gnats on Thursday, May 7, 2015, at Fluor Field at the West End in Greenville, South Carolina. Kopech was a first-round pick of the Boston Red Sox in the 2014 First-Year Player Draft. Savannah won in 11, 7-5. (Tom Priddy/tom.priddy@shj.com) Boston Red Sox 2014 first-round draft pick Michael Kopech was suspended for 50 games on Thursday after the commissioner’s office said he tested… Read More »

Boston Red Sox shortstop Stephen Drew (7) hits balls in the batting cage before a tuneup assignment with the Class A Greenville Drive against the Augusta GreenJackets on Friday, May 23, 2014, at Fluor Field at the West End in Greenville, South Carolina. Drew was added to the Sox’ 25-man roster and assigned to Greenville this week after an extended stretch in unsigned free agency. He played for Boston in 2013. (Tom Priddy) Boston Red Sox shortstop Stephen Drew (7) stretches… Read More »

National Hockey League legend Wayne Gretzky mugs for the camera with Greenville Drive mascot Reedy Rip’It. Gretzky, in town for the BWM Charity Pro-Am golf tournament, threw out the first pitch before a game between the Greenville Drive and Charleston RiverDogs.… Read More »

About This Blog

Former Assistant Managing Editor, Digital, for the Spartanburg Herald-Journal, in Spartanburg, S.C., Tom Priddy also is a veteran Minor League Baseball photographer whose images have appeared in magazines, online and on baseball trading cards. A graduate of Clemson University, Tom has lived most of his life in South Carolina. You can reach him at tomhpriddy@yahoo.com.